ShortSummary
| - Kaoruko, feeling inadequate over Koyume getting serialized, attempts to help Suzu with her manga, despite how gory the contents are. Later, Kaoruko goes on her own to buy some computer glasses, but soon gets help from the others after her appearance draws attention from a police officer. (en)
- As Kaoruko struggles with writing a gourmet manga, the girls decide to hold a sketching contest to help improve her drawing. To this end, Ruki has Koyume model for her, leading to an awkward conversation about breast size. Feeling inferior compared to the other girls, Kaoruko ends up skipping meals to work on her storyboard and collapses as a result. To help her get better, the dorm mother Ririka Hanazono contacts Kaoruko's parents in order to make her some comfort food. But in the end, Kaoruko's latest gourmet manga was still not approved. (en)
- In the run-up to Christmas, Ruki feels downhearted over the lack of romance in her real life, so the gang throw her a surprise birthday party on Christmas Eve. Unable to go home due to her parents vacationing in Hawaii, Kaoruko spends New Year's at Tsubasa's home, where she discovers Tsubasa is from a rich family. Later, Ririka holds an event in which the dorm residents burn their unwanted storyboards to cook sweet potatoes. (en)
- As Koyume first serialization begins publication, Tsubasa goes out with the other girls to get inspiration for a slice-of-life chapter for her manga. Later, Koyume worries that she has gained weight and desperately tries to lose it, which starts to have an effect on her manga. After that problem is resolved, Tsubasa loses her manuscript at school, prompting the girls to search for it, only to end up finding Miharu's old yaoi manuscripts instead. (en)
- As Kaoruko feels depressed over her storyboards continuously getting rejected, she and the others try to study for their tests. Meanwhile, as Kaoruko's editor Mayu Amisawa worries that she is being too hard on her, she and Miharu come over to the dorms to drink with Ririka, observing Kaoruko's efforts first hand. (en)
- Ruki and Tsubasa take Kaoruko and Koyume into the city to buy new art supplies. The girls soon begin their new semester at an all-girls school, with Koyume ending up in a different class from the others while Kaoruko struggles with being surrounded by new classmates. (en)
- Needing to fill in an additional choice on their career surveys, the girls discuss what careers they might have if they weren't manga artists, learning Ririka used to be a manga artist but couldn't handle living up to expectations. Later, in preparation for the dorm's imminent closure for the winter, the girls sort through storage containing much reference material from former residents that encourages Kaoruko to try harder. As Kaoruko presents multiple ideas during her next editor's meeting as a result, Mayu takes a liking to a story she wrote based on her experiences in the dorms, which finally gets approved as an insert manga. (en)
- Koyume brings everyone to the beach, only to find the others seem more interested in practicing their drawing than playing in the sea, although they are eventually convinced to have fun. Afterwards, Ruki goes clothes shopping with Koyume, quickly picking up on her crush on Tsubasa and suggesting they go on a date to an amusement park together. While not being able to confess, Koyume does receive some comfort from Tsubasa over her concerns that she is falling behind everyone. (en)
- Kaoruko becomes scared by a ghostly figure, who turns out to be Suzu Fūra, a horror manga artist who quickly takes a liking to the way she screams. While initially afraid of Suzu's unique behavior, Kaoruko soon notices her hidden beauty and befriends her. Later, homeroom teacher Miharu Nijino, who is a secret otaku who likes to cosplay, questions Tsubasa over sleeping in class, becoming surprised to learn she is the author of her favorite manga. (en)
- Despite getting a good response on the first part of her manga, Kaoruko struggles with the second part, which is due on the day the dorm closes. With the other girls having to return home early, Kaoruko is forced to try and finish her manga all alone. It is then she is visited by her mother, who reminds Kaoruko of how much she has changed since first taking an interest in drawing. This, along with texts from her friends, encourages Kaoruko to finish her manga on time, which is praised by Mayu as her best work yet. As the dorm reopens in the spring, Kaoruko reunites with the other girls to once again draw manga together. (en)
- The girls become concerned with Ruki pulling consecutive all-nighters, so they try to help her with her erotic manuscripts. Finding the content too extreme to help with, Kaoruko instead teaches Ruki how to make digital art on her new computer. After her manga goes on sale, Ruki panics when her editor asks her to hold an autograph session. After some encouragement from both Tsubasa and Ririka, Ruki manages to face the event, becoming delighted to meet all of her fans. (en)
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